Japan

1761 avg ELO #1 worldwide

701 athletes · 568 rated · 14575 matches

🥇 1181 🥈 641 🥉 908 Total 2730

Olympic gold medalists

Athletes who won Olympic judo gold for this nation.

ABE Hifumi ×2 2021 · Men -66 kg · 2024 · Men -66 kg 1789 NAGASE Takanori ×2 2021 · Men -81 kg · 2024 · Men -81 kg 1548 TSUNODA Natsumi 2024 · Women -48 kg 1605 ABE Uta 2021 · Women -52 kg 1837 ARAI Chizuru 2021 · Women -70 kg 1363 HAMADA Shori 2021 · Women -78 kg 1270 ONO Shohei ×2 2016 · Men -73 kg · 2021 · Men -73 kg 1707 SONE Akira 2021 · Women +78 kg 1367 TAKATO Naohisa 2021 · Men -60 kg 1657 WOLF Aaron 2021 · Men -100 kg 1507 BAKER Mashu 2016 · Men -90 kg 1410 TACHIMOTO Haruka 2016 · Women -70 kg 1315 MATSUMOTO Kaori 2012 · Women -57 kg 1480 ISHII Satoshi 2008 · Men +100 kg TANIMOTO Ayumi ×2 2004 · Women -63 kg · 2008 · Women -63 kg 1150 UCHISHIBA Masato ×2 2004 · Men -66 kg · 2008 · Men -66 kg 1152 UENO Masae ×2 2004 · Women -70 kg · 2008 · Women -70 kg 1049 ANNO Noriko 2004 · Women -78 kg NOMURA Tadahiro ×3 1996 · Men -60 kg · 2000 · Men -60 kg · 2004 · Men -60 kg 1089 SUZUKI Keiji 2004 · Men +100 kg 1198 TANI Ryoko ×2 2000 · Women -48 kg · 2004 · Women -48 kg 1065 TSUKADA Maki 2004 · Women +78 kg 1064 INOUE Kosei 2000 · Men -100 kg TAKIMOTO Makoto 2000 · Men -81 kg EMOTO Yuko 1996 · Women -61 kg NAKAMURA Kenzo 1996 · Men -71 kg KOGA Toshihiko 1992 · Men -71 kg YOSHIDA Hidehiko 1992 · Men -78 kg SAITO Hitoshi ×2 1984 · Men +95 kg · 1988 · Men +95 kg SASAKI Hikari 1988 · Women -66 kg HOSOKAWA Shinji 1984 · Men -60 kg MATSUOKA Yoshiyuki 1984 · Men -65 kg YAMASHITA Yasuhiro 1984 · Men OpenM NINOMIYA Kazuhiro 1976 · Men -93 kg SONODA Isamu 1976 · Men -80 kg UEMURA Haruki 1976 · Men OpenM KAWAGUCHI Takao 1972 · Men -63 kg NOMURA Toyokazu 1972 · Men -70 kg SEKINE Shinobu 1972 · Men -80 kg INOKUMA Isao 1964 · Men +80 kg NAKATANI Takehide 1964 · Men -68 kg OKANO Isao 1964 · Men -80 kg

Podium medals by year

Stacked bars — height is total podiums; colours show gold, silver, and bronze mix. · 2009–2026

Bronze Silver Gold

Top 10 currently active by ELO

Match in 2025–2026 · 121 active rated athletes

1 ABE Uta 24 results · 126 matches 1837 2 ABE Hifumi 27 results · 157 matches 1789 3 KAJU Haruka 8 results · 99 matches 1764 4 TANIOKA Narumi 5 results · 77 matches 1706 5 OMORI Akari 9 results · 90 matches 1684 6 TANAKA Shiho 19 results · 138 matches 1682 7 FUJISHIRO Kokoro 9 results · 93 matches 1666 8 TAKEOKA Takeshi 11 results · 77 matches 1657 9 KOGA Wakana 20 results · 130 matches 1633 10 MURAO Sanshiro 23 results · 110 matches 1606

All-time top athletes by ELO

Showing top 50 of 568 rated athletes (all years)

1 ABE Uta 24 results · 126 matches 1837 2 ABE Hifumi 27 results · 157 matches 1789 3 KAJU Haruka 8 results · 99 matches 1764 4 ONO Shohei 18 results · 110 matches 1707 5 TANIOKA Narumi 5 results · 77 matches 1706 6 OMORI Akari 9 results · 90 matches 1684 7 TANAKA Shiho 19 results · 138 matches 1682 8 FUJISHIRO Kokoro 9 results · 93 matches 1666 9 TAKEOKA Takeshi 11 results · 77 matches 1657 10 TAKATO Naohisa 36 results · 166 matches 1657 11 KOGA Wakana 20 results · 130 matches 1633 12 MURAO Sanshiro 23 results · 110 matches 1606 13 TSUNODA Natsumi 27 results · 98 matches 1605 14 MARUYAMA Joshiro 17 results · 72 matches 1598 15 KONDO Hayato 8 results · 78 matches 1577 16 TANAKA Yudai 4 results · 73 matches 1560 17 ARAI Mao 10 results · 109 matches 1559 18 NAGASE Takanori 28 results · 135 matches 1548 19 TAMAOKI Momo 36 results · 205 matches 1540 20 KONDO Mitsuki 5 results · 48 matches 1536 21 NAGAYAMA Ryuju 30 results · 194 matches 1531 22 AKIMOTO Hiroyuki 20 results · 89 matches 1530 23 KENTOKU Kairi 4 results · 69 matches 1527 24 WOLF Aaron 25 results · 83 matches 1507 25 NAGASAWA Kenta 19 results · 98 matches 1504 26 FUNAKUBO Haruka 17 results · 75 matches 1499 27 EBINUMA Masashi 29 results · 140 matches 1498 28 MAEDA Rin 5 results · 68 matches 1492 29 IIDA Kentaro 15 results · 72 matches 1485 30 NIIZOE Saki 26 results · 87 matches 1485 31 OINO Yuhei 9 results · 67 matches 1484 32 MATSUMOTO Kaori 28 results · 93 matches 1480 33 NAKAMURA Taiki 12 results · 94 matches 1474 34 YAMAGUCHI Kirari 10 results · 69 matches 1472 35 SAKAMOTO Haruna 24 results · 75 matches 1469 36 HASHIMOTO Soichi 33 results · 153 matches 1466 37 HATTORI Shinsei 6 results · 45 matches 1464 38 HARASAWA Hisayoshi 24 results · 85 matches 1463 39 TAKANO Ayami 4 results · 45 matches 1461 40 NAKAMURA Misato 25 results · 74 matches 1460 41 TONAKI Funa 25 results · 77 matches 1459 42 OTA Hyoga 17 results · 63 matches 1454 43 SHISHIME Toru 20 results · 101 matches 1453 44 ONO Moa 3 results · 56 matches 1451 45 TAKAICHI Miku 34 results · 75 matches 1448 46 IMAI Yuki 21 results · 79 matches 1442 47 OI Iroha 2 results · 27 matches 1438 48 TANAKA Ryoma 14 results · 72 matches 1425 49 KOHARA Kenya 8 results · 51 matches 1425 50 KAGEURA Kokoro 23 results · 68 matches 1424

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